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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809615503321

Autore

Freidenberg Judith

Titolo

Contemporary conversations on immigration in the United States : the view from prince George's County, Maryland / / Judith Freidenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-7391-8263-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society

Disciplina

305.9/069120975251

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

Immigrants - United States

Prince George's County (Md.) Emigration and immigration

United States Emigration and immigration History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Tables; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Immigrant Life Course as a Lens to Understand the United States; PART I. CONTEXTS OF IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE; Chapter 1. The People of Prince George's County; Chapter 2. Conversations about County Identity; PART II. TESTIMONIES OF IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE; Chapter 3. Growing Up, Making an Exit Decision, and Leaving; Chapter 4. Immigrant Journeys as Geopolitical Bridges; Chapter 5. Life Changes in New Destinations; PART III. LOCAL STORIES, GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

Chapter 6. Ideology of the "Good Life," Immigrant Space, and Social MobilityChapter 7. Imagined and Empirical Frontiers of the Nation-State; Epilogue. To Continue the Conversations; Appendix 1. Immigrant Experience Interview Schedule; Appendix 2. Video Links; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Contemporary Conversations on Immigration in the United States shows the complexity of migrant experiences, advocating for immigration as a social issue rather than a social problem, and understanding that immigration rests on larger units of meaning structured by time and place.